Logos and life : essays on mind, action, language and ethics / Roger Teichmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teichmann, Roger, 1963- author.

Series:

Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein

Anthem studies in Wittgenstein

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Anscombe, G. E. M. (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret).

Anscombe, G. E. M.

Philosophy of mind.

Act (Philosophy).

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2022.

Summary:

The essays in Logos and Life, the earliest written in 2001 but mainly dating from 2014 and later, cover topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, ethics and philosophy of language. There are discussions of the voluntary and the involuntary; reasons for action; the idea of an 'inner state'; pleasure; the nature of ethics; justice; necessity and possibility; and a number of other topics. Numerous strands connect these four areas, which Roger Teichmann highlights: in this sense the collection exhibits thematic unity as well as diversity. Several of the essays take as their starting points the ideas and philosophical methods of Wittgenstein and of Elizabeth Anscombe, and so will be of interest to anyone studying those philosophers. Anscombe was a friend and pupil of Wittgenstein, and Teichmann was fortunate enough to be a friend and pupil of Anscombe. He is now a leading authority on her philosophy. A newly written Introduction serves to indicate the main themes and arguments of the book, and provide an overall statement of Teichmann's philosophy.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

I

II

III

Notes

References

Part I MIND

Chapter One The Functionalist's Inner State

Behaviourism and Functionalism

A Thought Experiment

Madmen and Super-Spartans

How to Proceed?

Reference, Objectivity, Science

Natural Responses

Chapter Two 'Not a Something'

Context and Constitution

'I Was Thinking'

Token-Identity Theory

Investigation

Sensations

Chapter Three Sincerity in Thought

Insincerity in Thought and Behaviour

The Doubtfulness of a Thought

Failure to Think Properly

Sincerity: Intellectual or Ethical Virtue?

Chapter Four is Pleasure a Good?

'Good' and 'the Good'

Enjoying and Wanting

'How Is That Pleasant?'

Interpretative Motives

Pleasure as a Good

Part II Action

Chapter Five The Voluntary and the Involuntary: Themes from Anscombe

Preamble

'Why?' and the Merely Voluntary

Something Physiological?

Possible Prevention

Conformity with the Will

'It Didn't Occur to Me'

Some Counterfactuals

Voluntary Ignorance

Chapter Six Rational Choice Theory and Backward-Looking Motives

Chapter Seven Meaning, Understanding and Action

Understanding Stopping and Forcing Modals

Abilities and Inclinations

Illusion and Confusion

Travails of Internalism

Conclusion

Chapter Eight Why 'Why?'? Action, Reasons and Language

Not a Heuristic Device

Voluntariness and Responsibility

'Mental State': An Unhelpful Notion

Some Implications

Part III Ethics.

Chapter Nine Ethics and Philosophy: Aristotle and Wittgenstein Compared

Wisdom, Theoretical and Practical

Philosophy and Natural Science

Chapter Ten 'How Should One Live?': Williams on Practical Deliberation and Reasons for Acting

Practical Deliberation as Radically First-Personal

Desires as Reasons

Internal and External Reasons

Human Nature and the Ethical

Chapter Eleven 'An Inculcated Caring': Ryle on Moral Knowledge

A Third Kind of Knowledge

Telling the Difference

An Inculcated Caring

Chapter Twelve Are There any Intrinsically Unjust Acts?

Habitual Refusal and Exclusion from Deliberation

Moral Dilemmas

(Ir)relevance of Motive

The Nature of Practical Wisdom

Bedrock

Part IV Language

Chapter Thirteen The Identity of a Word

Words in Context

A Theory of Language?

Some Recent Attempts

Philosophy of Language and Beyond

Chapter Fourteen Ryle on Hypotheticals

Hypotheticals and Inference Precepts

What Is an Argument?

Truth and Truth-Functionality

Truth-Conditions versus Use

Chapter Fifteen Metaphysics and Modals

Metaphysics - Hume and Wittgenstein

Grammar and Modals

Possible Worlds

The Sorites Paradox

Logic

Chapter Sixteen Conceptual Corruption

Concept Loss

Anscombe on 'Moral Obligation'

The Autonomy of Grammar

Authenticity and Dishonesty

Ethics and Philosophy

Special Sense or No Sense?

Sources

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Teichmann, Roger Logos and Life

ISBN:

9781839980947

183998094X

9781839980954

1839980958

OCLC:

1504509868